Elastic type projectile projecting device

ABSTRACT

A projectile shooting device having an elastic receiver with an open mouth connected to a ring, the ring being connected to a hollow handle closed at one end and open at the other end with the handle connected at its open end to the ring. A mechanism for releasing projectiles one at a time, which are stored in the hollow handle, into the elastic receiver for shooting by drawing back the receiver together with a projectile and releasing the same.

United States Patent [72] Inventor Duane L. Udesen 324 N. 60th St. East,Duluth, Minn. 55804 [21] Appl. No. 760,405 [22] Filed Sept. 18, 1968[45] Patented Jan. 19, 1971 [54] ELASTIC TYPE PROJECTILE PROJECTINGDEVICE 7 Claims, 7 Drawing Figs.

[52] US. Cl 124/16, 124/41, 124/50 [51] Int. Cl F4lb 7/00 [50] FieldofSearch 124/17, 20, 22, 41, 50,49, 53; 221/295, (inquired), 251, 289,292, 268

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 957,740 5/1910 Burkel24/50UX 2,625,925 1/1953 Osborne 124/20 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,034,5194/1953 France 124/17UX Primary Examiner-George .I. Marlo AssistantExaminer-William R. Browne Att0rneyWicks & Nemer ABSTRACT: A projectileshooting device having an elastic receiver with an open mouth connectedto a ring, the ring being connected to a hollow handle closed at one endand open at the other end with the handle connected at its open end tothe ring. A mechanism for releasing projectiles one at a time, which arestored in the hollow handle, into the elastic receiver for shooting bydrawing back the receiver together with a projectile and releasing thesame.

through ELASTIC TYPE PROJECTILE PROJECTING DEVICE SUMMARY OF THEINVENTION The invention relates to a shooting device of the characterhaving an elastic receiver member having a generally bulbous formationhaving an open mouth in which is positioned a projectile. The open mouthend of the receiver is secured to a ring, and the ring is secured to anelongated hollow handle open at the end adjacent the ring. Theconfiguration of the elastic receiver includes a wasp waist formationspaced from the open end, the waist portion terminating in a bulbous endwhich has a diameter greater than the waist portion and substantiallyequal to the mouth opening. With the waist portion and the bulbous endthe receiver has less tendency to go the ring when stretched intoshooting position and released. i

The hollow handle provides a magazine for storing projectiles and has arelease mechanism adjacent the open end for ejecting projectiles one ata time into the elastic receiver to be shot by holding the handle andstretching and releasing the receiver and projectile therein.

These and other more detailed and specific objects will b disclosed inthe course of the following specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which;

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a shooting device with repeatermagazine with the elastic receiver shown in extended firing position inbroken lines.

FIG. 2 is a front elevational view of the device.

FIG. 3 is a sectional view on the line 33 of FIG. 2 with a projectile inposition for dispensing from the magazine.

FIG. 4 is a view similar to FIG. 3 with the. projectile dispensed fromthe magazine into the elastic receiver.

FIG. 5 is a view identical to FIG. 4 but with a further projectile inline for dispensing into the elastic receiver.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged detailed view on the line 6-6 of FIG. 3.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the release rod of the releasemechanism, the rod removed from the device.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the shooting device A includes thehandle 10 formed with the chamber 13 extending longitudinally of theinterior thereof and open at the upper outer end. The hollow handle 10forms a magazine for holding a number of projectiles P. The rear upperend of the handle 10 is rigidly connected to a ring 12 formed of wirestock by means of the short connector piece 14, the ring 12 disposed ina plane parallel to the longitudinal axis of the handle 10. Furtherprovided is the elastic receiver 16 which is constructed of thin elasticmaterial such as rubber or the like. The bottom of the receiver as at 17is thickened to allow more effective grasping of a projectile thereinand reducing wear at that area. The receiver I6 is generally bulbous information with the flared open mouth end 18 which is connected at themouth to the ring 12. The mouth end 18 terminates inwardly in thereduced or wasp waist portion 20 which in turn terminates in the bulbousouter end portion 22. The diameter of the waist portion 20 is less thanthe diameter'of the open mouth end 18 and less than the major diameterof the end portion 22.

The handle 10 further includes the projectile releasing mechanism M. Themechanism M includes the lower inner retainer rod end portion 24whichextends upwardly through the lower hole 26 formed in the wall of thehandle. The inner end portion 24 terminates at its inner end in thebight 28 which terminates in the main rod portion 30. The upper end ofthe main rod portion 30 terminates in the end portion 32 which hasformed therein the notch 34. The end portion 32 terminates in the rightangularly disposed upper inner retainer rod end portion 36 which isparallel to and spaced from the main rod portion 30. The lower inner rodportion 24 together with the bight 28 and the main rod portion form aU-rhaped lower retainer portion 37. The main rod portion 30 togetherwith the end portion 32 and the upper inner rod portion 36 form aninverted upper retainer portion 39, the main rod portion 30 being commonto both the retainer portion 37 and the retainer portion 39.

The wall of the handle 10 is formed with the spaced aligned bearingholes 38 and 40 through which the main rod portion 30 slidably extends.The wall of the handle 10 is also formed with the upper hole 42 throughwhich the upper inner retainer end portion slidably extends. The holes26 and 42 are aligned on the same longitudinal axis of the handle 10.The lengths of the lower inner rod portion 24 and the upper inner rodportion 36 are such that when the inner end of the portion 36 is uponthe inner surface of the wallof the hollow handle the inner end of thelower rod portion 24 is substantially flush with the inner surface ofthe hollow handle as in FIGS. 3, 5 and 6.

It will be noted that when the rod portion 36 is within the handle andagainst the handle wall as a stop the rod portion 24 is without thehandle to allow a projectile to come to the rod 36. When the button 46is depressed the rod portion 36 is removed from the inside of the handlethereby allowing the projectile to fall from the handle. The rod portion24 maintains the remaining projectiles in the hollow handle FIGS. 4 and5).

The mechanism M is normally urged into and held in the position of FIGS.3, 5 and 6 by means of the elastic band 44 positioned around the handleand in the notch 34 of the end portion 32. Secured to the bight 28 isthe button 46.

The shooting device A is operated as follows. The chamber 12 is filledwith projectiles P by holding the open end upwardly and pushing thebutton 46 inwardly against the urging of the member 44 to the positionof FIG. 4 whereby a projectile P can be positioned in the handle againstthe rod portion 24. The button 46 is then released whereby the rodportion 24 is moved to the position of FIG. 5 thereby allowing theprojectile to pass into the handle and the projectile retained in thehandle by means of the inner rod portion 36 being moved into theposition of FIG. 5. Such a manipulation may be repeated to load thehollow handle magazine 10. Loading may also be accomplished by removingthe friction fit removable plug 48 at the outer end of the handle.

To release a projectile into the receiver 16 the handle 10 is held inthe attitude shown in FIGS. 3, 4 and 5. Let it be assumed that themechanism M is as in FIGS. 3 and 5. The button 46 is depressed to theposition of FIG. 4 whereby the projectile positioned against innerrodportion 36 is released due to the movement ofthe portion 36 from theposition of FIG. 5 to that of FIG. 4. The releasedprojectile Pfalls intothe elastic receiver 16. The receiver .I6 is. then grasped at the endtogether'with the projectile P therein, stretched to the position ofFIG. 1 and then released whereby the projectile is shot from thereceiver outwardly of the ring 12. Due to the reduced waist portion 20and the enlarged portion 22 of the receiver 16 the portion 22 tends tonot go through the ring 12 and thereby reverse itself as is the case inshooting devices having an elastic projectile member.

I claim:

I. A shooting device with a repeater magazine comprising:

a. a ring;

b. an elastic receiver having a closed end and an open end,

said open end connected to said ring;

c. a hollow projectile storage handle closed at one end and an openprojectile discharge end at the other end; said handle connected at itsopen end to said ring with the open end closely adjacent and spaced fromthe ring and having a centerline engaging the centerline axis of thereceiver; and

e. means for releasing projectiles stored in said hollow handle one at atime into said elastic receiver for shooting by drawing back saidreceiver together with a projectile and releasing the same.

2. The device of claim I in which:

a. said release means includes opposed upper and lower inner retainerportions; and

b. means on said lower retainer portion for extending said upper andlower retainer portions alternately into and from the interior of saidhollow handle for release of projectiles one at a time from said handle.

3. The device of claim 2 in which:

a. the closed end of said receiver is bulbous; and

b. a waist portion of the receiver intermediate the open end and theclosed end has a diameter of a dimension less than that of said open endand less than the greatest diameter of the closed bulbous end.

4. The device of claim 1 in which:

a. said releasing means includes a main portion terminating at one endin a lower inner retainer portion spaced therefrom and at the other endin an upper inner retainer portion spaced from said main portion;

b. said handle having a lower hole formed therein and an upper holeformed therein; and

c. means slidably mounting said main portion of said releasing means onsaid handle with said lower inner retainer portion slidably extendableinto said handle through said lower hole of said handle and with saidupper inner retainer portion slidably extendable through said upper holeinto said handle, the lengths of said lower inner retainer portion beingspaced rearwardly from said upper inner retainer portion at least thediameter of one projectile such that when one of said portions isextended into the handle to obstruct the flow of a projectile the otheris withdrawn from the handle and permits only one projectile to escape.

5. The device of claim 4 in which the longitudinal axis of the handleintersects the centerline axis of the ring and the.

receiver portion at a right angle.

6. The device of claim Sin which:

a. the closed end of said receiver is bulbous; and

b. a waist portion of the receiver intermediate the open end and theclosed end has a diameter of a dimension less than that of said open endand less than'the greatest diameter of the closed bulbous end.

7. A shooting device comprising:

a. a ring;

b. a handle connected at one end to said ring with the iongitudinal axisof the handle intersecting the centerline axis of the ring at a rightangle;

c. an elastic receiver having a bulbous closed end and an open end, saidopen end connected to said ring; and

d. said receiver having a waist portion intermediate the open end andthe bulbous closed end, said waist portion having a minimum diameter ofa dimension less than the diameter of the open end and less than thegreatest diameter of the bulbous closed end, thus causing the receiverto have less tendency to go through the ring when stretched intoshooting position and released.

1. A shooting device with a repeater magazine comprising: a. a ring; b.an elastic receiver having a closed end and an open end, said open endconnected to said ring; c. a hollow projectile storage handle closed atone end and an open projectile discharge end at the other end; d. saidhandle connected at its open end to said ring with the open end closelyadjacent and spaced from the ring and having a centerline engaging thecenterline axis of the receiver; and e. means for releasing projectilesstored in said hollow handle one at a time into said elastic receiverfor shooting by drawing back said receiver together with a projectileand releasing the same.
 2. The device of claim 1 in which: a. saidrelease means includes opposed upper and lower inner retainer portions;and b. means on said lower retainer portion for extending said upper andlower retainer portions alternately into and from the interior of saidhollow handle for release of projectiles one at a time from said handle.3. The device of claim 2 in which: a. the closed end of said receiver isbulbous; and b. a waist portion of the receiver intermediate the openend and the closed end has a diameter of a dimension less than that ofsaid open end and less than the greatest diameter of the closed bulbousend.
 4. The device of claim 1 in which: a. said releasing means includesa main portion terminating at one end in a lower inner retainer portionspaced therefrom and at the other end in an upper inner retainer portionspaced from said main portion; b. said handle having a lower hole formedtherein and an upper hole formed therein; and c. means slidably mountingsaid main portion of said releasing means on said handle with said lowerinner retainer portion slidably extendable into said handle through saidlower hole of said handle and with said upper inner retainer portionslidably extendable through said upper hole into said handle, thelengths of said lower inner retainer portion being spaced rearwardlyfrom said upper inner retainer portion at least the diameter of oneprojectile such that when one of said portions is extended into thehandle to obstruct the flow of a projectile the other is withdrawn fromthe handle and permits only one projectile to escape.
 5. The device ofclaim 4 in which the longitudinal axis of the handle intersects thecenterline axis of the ring and the receiver portion at a right angle.6. The device of claim 5 in which: a. the closed end of said receiver isbulbous; and b. a waist portion of the receiver intermediate the openend and the closed end has a diameter of a dimension less than that ofsaid open end and less than the greatest diameter of the closed bulbousend.
 7. A shooting device comprising: a. a ring; b. a handle connectedat one end to said ring with the longitudinal axis of the handleintersecting the centerline axis of the ring at a right angle; c. anelastic receiver having a bulbous closed end and an open end, said openend connected to said ring; and d. said receiver having a waist portionintermediate the open end and the bulbous closed end, said waist portionhaving a minimum diameter of a dimension less than the diameter of theopen end and less than the greatest diameter of the bulbous closed end,thus causing the receiver to have less tendency to go through the ringwhen stretched into shooting position and released.